"Moira's Pen" by Megan Whalen Turner follows the story of a young girl named Moira who discovers a magical pen that allows her to bring her stories to life. As she writes, her creations begin to blur the lines between fiction and reality, unleashing characters and adventures that both enchant and challenge her. Moira learns about responsibility and the power of storytelling, as her whimsical tales take unexpected turns. Throughout her journey, she grapples with the consequences of her imagination and ultimately seeks to find her own voice in a world where her creations have real stakes. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called The Queen's Thief .

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Megan Whalen Turner is married to a professor and often relocates when he needs to do research. When they travelled to Greece one summer, she decided to use its landscape as the background of a book, but didn't write The Thief until she was spending a year in California, where the olive trees reminded her of the Greek mainland.